“Cash for rares”
At Horst Lichter’s request: saleswoman rolls into the dealer’s room in a mini Mercedes
Steffi Immendörfer is pushed into the dealer room at “Bares für Rares” in a mini Mercedes by her friend Stephan Knoll
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Horst Lichter was thrilled: A miniature Mercedes was for sale at “Bares für Rares”. After the expertise, the moderator expressed a heartfelt wish.
Steffi Immendörfer doesn’t approach the Pulheim rolling mill on her feet – she is wheeled in by her friend Stephan Knoll in a Mercedes Mini. Car enthusiast Horst Lichter is blown away. “That makes my hair stand up straight away,” says the “Cash for Rares” moderator.
The toy convertible belongs to Knoll’s now 17-year-old daughter, on whose behalf he is selling it. The model is an SL 500, as Detlev Kümmel explains. “107 series,” throws in lights from the side, which shows the enthusiasm for the object. The Mini Mercedes was manufactured in 1984 by the Lorinser company, which specializes in vehicle tuning.
“Cash for Rares”: Horst Lichter expresses a wish
The car has a disc brake, a gear shift and a rear engine, “which is of course wrong,” as the expert objects. Because in the original the engine is of course at the front. When it comes to speed, you also have to make compromises with the Bonsai version: the top speed is limited to 25 kilometers per hour. This engine is started with a pulley starter – like a lawnmower.
Knoll would like 3,500 to 4,000 euros for his car. The expert completely agrees with this: Although the engine is in need of repair, he estimates its value at 3,500 to 4,500 euros. Before Horst Lichter hands over the dealer card to the sellers, he expresses a heartfelt wish: “The lady sits in the car and the young man pushes over.”
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So the two of them roll into the dealer’s room. Those present are thrilled: “We’ve never had a performance like this here before,” says Markus Wildhagen. The model looks familiar to Wolfgang Pauritsch: “I’ve had the original car for 30 years.” In Klein he doesn’t own it yet, so he starts the auction with 500 euros. Other dealers are also there, but the bids do not reach the level desired by Knoll. In the end, Pauritsch tries to find out the seller’s pain threshold. It finally becomes weak at 2500 euros – so the vehicle changes hands.
Wolfgang Pauritsch can now call two Mercedes convertibles his own – one large and one small.
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